how do i re-enable vrdb?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
1

I disabled the VRDB when things were going wacky with my computer and now I can not find the settings to re-enable it. I opened the avast4.ini file and reset the value of ‘disable’ to ‘0’, but does that re-enable it? I have restarted my computer and the ‘i’ icon has not appeared. The date of the last VRDB is October 6, 2007. What else can I do?

2

Is the icon not hidden in the windows taskbar ?

Did you merge the two avast icons ?
See the avast4.ini, is this line present MergeIcons=1, 1=merged 0=not merged ?

3

http://shrani.si/f/3Y/hV/1mZCBEQY/vrdbavast.png

Select one of the marked options and VRDB will be enabled again.

4

i do not have a “VRBD” option in that menu. It goes from “updating” to “set/change password”, with no mention of “VRBD.” After I disabled it, I do not seem to be able to access it. Is disable permanent? Maybe I should just re-install?

5

Erm, what was the point of disabling it completelly? Selecting Disable option in that menu does the job…

6

Did you not check if the ’ i ’ icon was hidden, did you not try the MergeIcons=1 in the avast4.ini ?
That should place the VRDB option into the menu that RejZoR showed.

7

If you do, do from the scratch:

  1. Uninstall avast from Control Panel first.
  2. Boot.
  3. Use Avast Uninstall for complete uninstallation.
  4. Boot.
  5. Install again the last version.
  6. Boot.
  7. Check and post the results.